Colgate-Palmolive Company
—- Market cap
- $69.19B
- Debt
- —
- Cash
- −$1.29B
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Decision snapshot: CL stock price vs WAT: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at WAT's multiple
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Implied fair value · at CL's multiple
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
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Trendline
16 period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Waters Corporation · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe CL can sustain its high ROIC and defend margins despite slower growth and elevated leverage, then hold or modestly accumulate because the stock is already priced near the P/E-implied value with only 1.0% upside.
On the provided P/E framework, CL's current price of $91.30 is essentially in line with the implied price of $92.22, implying only 1.0% upside. That makes the stock look fairly valued rather than clearly cheap or expensive versus WAT.
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